Intermodal Metals (CMI Logistics LLC): Management Information

Accurate information is just as important as the timely movement of material from the shipping floor to the customer’s receiving door. Utilizing our proprietary CMI Operating and Invoicing Logistics System (COILS), CMI has the data and systems to provide you with the information you need to make informed business decisions about your supply chain and distribution programs.

Management Reports

CMI provides a variety of customized management reports to help you make informed business decisions, including:

• Basic shipping reports
• Inventory reports
• Consignee transit reports
• Shipper transit reports

These reports can be sent to you by email on a schedule of their choosing. The reports can contain metrics such as the cost per hundredweight, cost per ton and inventory days on hand at our distribution facilities to support your customer’s delivery requirements.

Shipment Tracking

In addition to reports, CMI also provides the ability to do real time tracking and tracing of the shipments via a web-based portal. Customers also may be given access to the portal, allowing them to track their shipments from your facility via their purchase order number.

Systems Integration

CMI also has the ability to interface directly with your ERP or legacy system to upload real-time inventory and shipment information via EDI. Through integration with the systems, you will be able to quickly and accurately invoice your customers, as well as provide real-time transit information. Our systems and integration professionals have worked with a variety of customers and systems and have developed the integration tools that allow for the free and easy flow of information between systems.

In addition, CMI has integrated with a variety of transportation management systems to allow our customers to directly tender shipments to us in a seamless, error-free manner.

All this is managed through the latest in hardware and integration technology, assuring you and your customers have access to real-time information and data.